The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Erika Mouynes confirmed the arrival of this batch of vaccines with which almost one million doses are reached in a week.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Erika Mouynes confirmed at the Tocumen Airport before the arrival of the 500 thousand doses of the anticovid
vaccine that the United States government donated to Panama, the arrival of 100,000 more doses of
Pfizer through the
Covax system.
"In total we must have received a million doses, this is very important for Panama, we are very grateful to the United States, 500 thousand doses that represent the beginning of the massive vaccination days that we have been talking about. We have 363 thousand from
Pfizer that We received 100 thousand from
Covax yesterday that is reaching us now at night and 500 thousand from this generous donation, a total of one million doses that represents the hope of all Panamanians, finally, we already see the goal much closer. The pandemic has It has been shown that the solidarity and cooperation of the peoples is important and strategic partners such as the United States today say they are present," said Mouynes.
The chancellor had advanced earlier this Wednesday that another shipment from
Pfizer consisting of 450 thousand more doses is expected for next week, which would accelerate the vaccination against
COVID-19 throughout the country.
It should be remembered that the
Covax mechanism, led by the WHO, the Gavi
Vaccine Alliance and the Coalition for the Promotion of Innovations for Epidemic Preparedness (Cepi), is a global alliance of public and private actors launched in June of 2020 for the acquisition and equitable distribution of
vaccines against
covid-19.